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For this week's Design Milk Dairy picks, I wanted to share some more of my favorites. It seems I collect more favorite prints than I can feature!

Nendo partnered with Coca-Cola in a new collection of tableware made from recycled bottles. Bottleware makes use of the iconic 1916 "contour bottle", the ones that are continually collected, rinsed, and reused over and over again. Once these particular bottles couldn't be used again for their original purpose, Nendo got to work and created this set that was recently exhibited at DESIGNTIDE TOKYO 2012.

Two weeks ago I rounded up inspiration to up your curb appeal with 12 Brightly Colored Front Doors. Today, we're thinking that the color should come right on in. Here are 12 examples of bold doorways throughout the house, from inside the front door to the bedroom in shades of chartreuse, tomato red, cobalt, and even hot pink.

France-based cabinet maker Paul Venaille's answer to the theme "fragmentation" of the “diplome des métiers d’art” in cabinet making is the Subduction Desk. Representing the phenomena of a subduction and its features, the desk is composed of two parts: one is fixed and the other is mobile.

Being that we are what we eat, trained architect and interior designer Valentina Raffaelli developed a project that aims to share the nutritional and health benefits of certain foods. The project, Herbarium taste, includes technical drawings with facts of these foods in hopes of educating people in a simplified, easy-to-understand way.

Finding a sofa to fit the size and look of the space you live in can be difficult so Studio Segers has come out with a completely customizable sofa called Tailor Made for Indera. When you want a suit that's custom, you see a tailor, and this sofa is much the same way.

Picnic Sofa is a minimal design created by England-based designers Industrial Facility. The project was designed for Herman Miller, and will be available in a two or three-seat variation. The sofa is an addition to Herman Miller's Collection series of furniture that was first introduced by George Nelson of the 1950s.

San Francisco-based Yield Design Co. created the multi-purpose Yield Picnic Bag that goes from being an everyday tote bag to a blanket. Made of a highly durable, camping grade water-resistant material, the bag will not only haul your lunch or even your groceries, it will turn into the perfect spot for you to sit on to enjoy a picnic on the fly.

Emmanuelle Moureaux Architecture recently designed two floors at the Kyoto University Hospital to house the Clinical Research Center for Medical Equipment Development (CRCMeD). The space is to bridge the gap between the experts working here and its supporters, so 'ito' (Japanese for 'thread') is the theme that runs throughout.

Raised and educated in New England, David Rasmussen was exposed to the region’s rich culture of fine furniture making from a young age. Rasmussen trained with furniture masters Wayne Marcoux and Dan Mosheim, from whom he learned composition and fabrication techniques. Later, he studied Danish, Ming Dynasty, and contemporary American studio furniture. Today, Rasmussen works out of his studio in Carbondale, Colorado. He concentrates on furniture and architectural built-ins, particularly custom pieces which he offers through artisan site collective CustomMadefor. However, for this month's Deconstruction, Rasmussen walks us through the process of creating his updated take on the wooden plate he calls the WUD.

In this edition of The Tools That Make It Happen, I headed up to Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) for two days of touring the campus, checking out student projects and learning what being an RIT student is all about. Since I've never been a design student myself, it was pretty eye-opening! My wonderful host, Josh Owen, who is a designer but also Associate Professor and Chair of the Industrial Design Program at the School of Design, took me around to all the different design departments and he, alongside design professor Alex Lobos, even gave me a tour of the brand new (not yet opened) Golisano Institute for Sustainability (I got to wear a hard hat, safety glasses, and reflective vest!).

I love a DIY I can actually accomplish without spending a million bucks or injuring myself in the process and these Memo-Blocks fall into th